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Lost for Words

I have struggled to write recently. Occasionally words come but not as freely as they used too and I miss them.


Lost For Words


There is an absence

a black bubble

that I circumnavigate.

I push it gently.

Are they in there -

the words I need?


They once filled the spaces

in my mind.

Occupying every cupboard and corner.

Under the bed,

in the nook,

every inch took-up

with nouns, adjectives

and powerful verbs.


Now they tease me with

with their absence.

And I feel

unknown,

uncharted,

uncompromising

loneliness.

5 Kommentare


Dawson Stafford
Dawson Stafford
25. Apr. 2023

Ali you are not on your own. 😶

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Jes Derry
Jes Derry
24. Apr. 2023

I read your words

I felt the pain

I’m sure you’re thinking

“will they ever come again?”

the sadness you evoked

upon my pc screen

the place you took me

made me want to write

don’t worry Ali

there is no fight

those words you wrote

they came alive.



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Alison Blevins
Alison Blevins
24. Apr. 2023
Antwort an

Thank you - that meant a lot .❤️

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Alice Carroll
Alice Carroll
24. Apr. 2023

Ali, Even with what you may claim to have is writers' block, you still express yourself poetically.

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Alison Blevins
Alison Blevins
24. Apr. 2023
Antwort an

Thank you Carroll, I used to write one or two poems week, now I'm lucky if it's one a month.

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